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Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca pushed back on GOP concerns over a fundraising appeal Dems sent out during today’s debate on opioid addiction bills, though he acknowledged the email probably “could’ve been better timed.” Dems today proposed amendments on some of
The Assembly has adjourned after passing several bills but will be back on Thursday morning to vote on a bill Dems objected to today. The bill, AB 109, makes changes to a law passed last session that lets towns withdraw
Despite a contentious debate on several Dem amendments, the state Assembly today signed off on nine special session bills on opioid abuse. Dems sought to amend some of the bills to ensure the state accepts the Medicaid expansion under the
Assembly Republicans are turning back an effort from Dems to accept the Medicaid expansion during today’s debate on several special session bills on opioid abuse. Republicans also charged Dems with fundraising off the debate, with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos saying it’s “disgusting” that Dems
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The owners of high-capacity wells would face fewer state regulations under legislation the Senate began debating late this afternoon. But it was unclear when a final vote could come, because Senate Dems
The state Assembly today unanimously approved a bill designating cheese as the official state dairy product. The proposal, approved 96-0, was the idea of a 4th grade classroom, said Rep. Todd Novak, R-Dodgeville. Novak authored the bill and ticked off
One hundred years ago, on April 4, 1917, Wisconsin’s Republican senator, “Fighting Bob” La Follette, voted against entry into World War I and gave an impassioned and prophetic speech.
The order directs state agencies to track and post their record response times and, like last year’s order, gives procedural guidance that should make it easier for citizens to request and receive records.
Would require one-year wait for ex-legislators and legislative aides to become lobbyists.
At least 30 other states have enacted legislation that allows them to produce hemp for either research or commercial purposes. It’s time for Wisconsin to catch up.
A life is taken by gun violence every three days in the City of Milwaukee. If someone died every three days from a preventable disease, you’d better believe we’d be working to find a cure for that. So why are guns any different?
The last three biennial state budgets in Wisconsin saw the enactment of dramatic reductions in state spending on K-12 public education. As you may have guessed, deciding to spend less on education as a state has not meant that education is any less expensive today than it was four budgets ago.
It’s possible that the Trump-Ryan bill is merely mostly dead, rather than thoroughly demised.
Cutting federal funds to local law enforcement would probably do more to harm to public safety than illegal immigration does.
Pundits on both the left and the right say the threat of a constitutional overhaul is real.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** April 6: WisPolitics.com 2018 Election Cycle Preview This happy hour event in Madison previews the political landscape in advance of the 2018 elections for governor and U.S. Senate with the Cook Political Report’s Jennifer Duffy,
The Elections Commission expects turnout today to be between 13 percent and 18 percent, based on recent spring elections that featured a contested DPI race, but no challenger to a sitting Supreme Court justice.
Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca pushed back on GOP concerns over a fundraising appeal Dems sent out during today’s debate on opioid addiction bills, though he acknowledged the email probably “could’ve been better timed.” Dems today proposed amendments on some of those bills that would’ve ensured Wisconsin accepted the Medicaid expansion
The Assembly has adjourned after passing several bills but will be back on Thursday morning to vote on a bill Dems objected to today. The bill, AB 109, makes changes to a law passed last session that lets towns withdraw from Dane County zoning rules. Dems raised concerns that the
Despite a contentious debate on several Dem amendments, the state Assembly today signed off on nine special session bills on opioid abuse. Dems sought to amend some of the bills to ensure the state accepts the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, but Republicans said those amendments were brought to
Assembly Republicans are turning back an effort from Dems to accept the Medicaid expansion during today’s debate on several special session bills on opioid abuse. Republicans also charged Dems with fundraising off the debate, with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos saying it’s “disgusting” that Dems are “using this as a political issue to raise money.”
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The owners of high-capacity wells would face fewer state regulations under legislation the Senate began debating late this afternoon. But it was unclear when a final vote could come, because Senate Dems planned to object to third reading. Tony Palese, a spokesman
The state Assembly today unanimously approved a bill designating cheese as the official state dairy product. The proposal, approved 96-0, was the idea of a 4th grade classroom, said Rep. Todd Novak, R-Dodgeville. Novak authored the bill and ticked off several statistics on the state’s cheese production, including that Wisconsin
One hundred years ago, on April 4, 1917, Wisconsin’s Republican senator, “Fighting Bob” La Follette, voted against entry into World War I and gave an impassioned and prophetic speech.
The order directs state agencies to track and post their record response times and, like last year’s order, gives procedural guidance that should make it easier for citizens to request and receive records.
Would require one-year wait for ex-legislators and legislative aides to become lobbyists.
At least 30 other states have enacted legislation that allows them to produce hemp for either research or commercial purposes. It’s time for Wisconsin to catch up.
A life is taken by gun violence every three days in the City of Milwaukee. If someone died every three days from a preventable disease, you’d better believe we’d be working to find a cure for that. So why are guns any different?
The last three biennial state budgets in Wisconsin saw the enactment of dramatic reductions in state spending on K-12 public education. As you may have guessed, deciding to spend less on education as a state has not meant that education is any less expensive today than it was four budgets ago.
It’s possible that the Trump-Ryan bill is merely mostly dead, rather than thoroughly demised.
Cutting federal funds to local law enforcement would probably do more to harm to public safety than illegal immigration does.
Pundits on both the left and the right say the threat of a constitutional overhaul is real.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** April 6: WisPolitics.com 2018 Election Cycle Preview This happy hour event in Madison previews the political landscape in advance of the 2018 elections for governor and U.S. Senate with the Cook Political Report’s Jennifer Duffy, Marquette Law pollster Charles Franklin and “Rewind” analysts JR Ross
The Elections Commission expects turnout today to be between 13 percent and 18 percent, based on recent spring elections that featured a contested DPI race, but no challenger to a sitting Supreme Court justice.